Mulvale, Gillian, Green, Jenn, Moll, Sandra, Vackerberg, Nicoline, Robert, Glenn, Larkin, Michael, Kjellström, Sofia, Hossain, Puspita, Bhaskar, Le-Tien, Lim, Esther and Craythorne, Shioma-Lei (2026). Understanding Lived Experience-Driven Co-production in Health and Social Services: The Sowing and Growing Model. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 9 ,
Abstract
Highlights • Person-centred care is often illusive in traditionally hierarchical systems. • Co-production equalizes professional and client power by centering lived experience. • These values mobilize professional and client advocacy driving 5 phases of growth. • A co-production mindset germinates, sprouts, blossoms, and propagates to new sites. • A community garden fosters sustainability, helping individual sites weather threats.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100688 |
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| Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (AIHN) College of Health & Life Sciences Aston University (General) |
| Additional Information: | © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Publication ISSN: | 2667-3215 |
| Data Access Statement: | The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to the study program sites' small sample sizes and the key informants’ roles as leaders within small organizations, making it difficult to deidentify their data. However, the datasets are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. <br/><br/>All procedures complied with relevant laws and institutional guidelines. Research ethics clearance was provided by the: McMaster Research Ethics Board (MREB# 2066, November 2019), Aston University Research Ethics Committee (REC REF # 1611, February 2020), King's College London Research Ethics Number (Ref# MOD-19/20–17350, July 2020), SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board (CIRB Ref# 2020/2341, July 2020), and Swedish Ethics Testing Authority (Etikprövningsmyndighten, Dnr 2019–06373, February 2020). Participants received letters of information outlining the study objectives, protocol, and risks prior to providing written consent. Data was collected and stored locally and shared across sites as anonymized, encrypted, and password-protected files. |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2026 08:09 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2026 08:09 |
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| Published Date: | 2026-06 |
| Published Online Date: | 2025-12-16 |
| Accepted Date: | 2025-12-15 |
| Authors: |
Mulvale, Gillian
Green, Jenn Moll, Sandra Vackerberg, Nicoline Robert, Glenn Larkin, Michael ( 
0000-0003-3304-7000)
Kjellström, Sofia Hossain, Puspita Bhaskar, Le-Tien Lim, Esther Craythorne, Shioma-Lei (
0000-0002-9075-947X)
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